A blog dedicated to the super hot sexy girl in the iTunes Pepsi ads that premiered during the 2005 Super Bowl.

Wednesday, February 16, 2005

Everybody loves Raym... Mandy

I'm sure that most of you have seen the Pepsi/iTunes commercials that premiered during the Super Bowl by now. If not, get the over to iFilm and watch a few. Forget the horrible Marvel populated Visa commercial, and ignore the overhyped and only mildly amusing Go Daddy commercials. No, the real breakout star came from the iTunes montages which featured one Mandy Amano, aka That Pepsi Girl.

Of course, the simple fact that she's insanely and intriguingly hot is only part of the appeal. The real reason I'm posting this is because she has more than a little comic book relevancy. Mandy's father is Jeff Amano, an employee of Beckett Comics, and both she and her sister are apparently comic geeks. She was used as reference for a cover of SHI, and is friends with David Mack.

Now, people are always wondering how to market comics to a wider audience - Pepsi and Apple have inadvertently handed some entrepenurial comic company a goldmine. Forget Cindy Margolis - this girl has legit comic fan cred and is in the early stages of true internet and possibly mainstream celebrity. Don't slap her on comic covers in badly photoshopped spandex or have her wear some ill-fitting padded Witchblade outfit at cons. Use her in print ads a la the Milk campaigns, or something. I dunno. It just seems to me that a there's some sort of opportunity here for someone to grab...

She's been a reference for characters in David Mack's Kabuki comic and graphic novels for a while.I think her and Mack are dating now.Like comic book royalty.You can see paintings of her on Kabuki covers at davidmackguide.com.

You'll recognize her. Check out KABUKI: Skin Deep. Vol 4. And KABUKI: Scarab.And there is a great painting of her as Kabuki with doves flying from her hands.

Since the new Kabuki movie is at Fox, I think she'd be a great actress to play Akemi or Kageko. Or any of the Noh agents. And since X-men is also at Fox, she could play Psylock too.

No, as far as I know, she's not dating David Mack. Hey, I'm only three degrees from That Pepsi Girl! My close friend is friends with David Mack, who seems to be a good friend of Mandy. Coolness....I just need a picture with her now.... (My girlfriend's probably rolling her eyes at me.)

Based on the photos I've seen of her and Mack at recent book signings, and what her sister says on the comic messageboards, I'm pretty sure that Mandy and Mack have recently become an item.But it seems they were long time friends before that.

I'm surpised there has been no "official" Pepsi response to this so far. I wonder if they like it.

USATODAY has a mention of the KABUKI film that she's been attached to. I saw this on a message board. And I think she's perfect for it.

See the "quick question" on the left side of the page. http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2005-02-15-dc-comics_x.htm

They ask which comic book characters that you are looking forward to seeing films of.They listed some for you to vote for which you are looking forward to, and they listed KABUKI from Marvel with a ballot for you to vote on.

I've met Mandy and have traveled several times with members of her family. They're truly great people and it's no small wonder that they have such a captivating and talented daughter. The Pepsi people better realize what they have before she transcends the national advertising scene. She's gonna be big.